New Titles List for the Week of January 30, 2006
These titles were recently acquired by the O'Quinn Law Library.
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Joan Biskupic Sandra Day O'Connor : How The First Woman On The Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice, 1st ed., New York : ECCO, c2005.
KF8745.O25B57 2005 Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned. She was called the most powerful woman in America, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O'Connor's vote. Then, just one year short of a quarter century on the bench, she surprised her colleagues and the nation by announcing her retirement. Drawing on information from once-private papers of the justices, hundreds of interviews with legal and political insiders, and the insight gained from nearly two decades of covering the Supreme Court, Joan Biskupic examines O'Connor's remarkable career, providing an in-depth account of her transformation from tentative jurist to confident architect of American law. The portrait that emerges is of a complex and multifaceted woman: lawyer, politician, legislator, and justice, as well as wife, mother, A-list society hostess, and competitive athlete. To all appearances, she was the polite lady in pearls, handbag on her arm. But in the back rooms of politics and the law, she was a determined, focused strategist. O'Connor was the feminist who, rather than rebel against the male-dominated system, worked from within -- and succeeded. As Biskupic demonstrates, Justice O'Connor became much more than a "first." During her twenty-four-year tenure, she wrote the decisions on some of the most controversial social battles of our time. O'Connor's tie-breaking opinions on issues such as abortion rights, affirmative action, the death penalty, and religious freedom will have a lasting effect far into the future. O'Connor also cast one of the five votes that cut off the Florida recounts and allowed George W. Bush to take the White House in the 2000 contested presidential election. With an eye to the American people and a keen sense of public attitudes, she worked behind the scenes to shape the law and transform the legal standards by which future cases will be decided. From O'Connor's isolated upbringing on the Lazy B ranch in Arizona through her time as a state legislator to her rise as a justice -- along the way confronting her own personal challenges and crises, including breast cancer -- Biskupic presents a vivid, astute depiction of the justice -- and of the woman beneath the black robe. In so doing, Sandra Day O'Connor also provides an unprecedented look inside the exclusive, famously secretive High Court.
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Michael P. Winship The Times And Trials Of Anne Hutchinson : Puritans Divided, Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2005.
BX7148.M4W55 2005 Anne Hutchinson was perhaps the most famous Englishwoman in colonial American history, viewed in later centuries as a crusader for religious liberty and a prototypical feminist. Michael Winship, author of the highly acclaimed Making Heretics, provides a startlingly new and fresh account of her oft-told tale, disentangling what really happened from the legends that have misrepresented her for so long. During the 1630s, religious controversies drove a wedge into the puritan communities of Massachusetts. Anne Hutchinson and other members began to speak out against mainstream doctrine, while ministers like John Cotton argued for personal discovery of salvation. The puritan fathers viewed these activities as a direct and dangerous threat to the status quo and engaged in a fierce and finally successful fight against them. Refusing to disavow her beliefs, Hutchinson was put on trial twice-first for slandering the colony's ministers, then for heresy-and banished from the colony. Combing archives for neglected manuscripts and ancient books for obscure references, Winship gives new voice to other characters in the drama whose significance has not previously been understood. Here are Thomas Shepard, a militant heresy hunter who vigorously pursued both Cotton and Hutchinson; Thomas Dudley, the most important leader in Massachusetts after Governor John Winthrop; Henry Vane, a well-connected supporter of radical theology; and John Wheelwright, a bellicose minister who was a lightning rod for the frustrations of other dissidents. Winship also analyzes the political struggle that almost destroyed the colony and places Hutchinson's trials within the context of this turmoil. As Winship shows, although the trials of Anne Hutchinson and her allies were used ostensibly to protect Massachusetts' Christian society, they instead nearly tore it apart. His concise, fast-moving, and up-to-date account brings puritan doctrine back into focus, giving us a much closer and more informed look at a society marked by religious intolerance and immoderation, one that still echoes in our own times. As long as governments take it upon themselves to define orthodoxies of conscience, The Times and Trials of Anne Hutchinson will be required reading for students and concerned citizens alike. |
New Titles List
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Aviation Law |
Laurence E. Gesell, Paul Stephen Dempsey Aviation And The Law, 4th ed., Coast Aire Publications, c2005
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KF2439.G47 2005 |
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Biography |
Joan Biskupic Sandra Day O'Connor : How The First Woman On The Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice, 1st ed., New York : ECCO, c2005.
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KF8745.O25B57 2005 |
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Campaign Law |
Melvin I. Urofsky Money And Free Speech : Campaign Finance Reform And The Courts, Lawrence, Ks. : University Press of Kansas, c2005. Lawrence, Ks. : University Press of Kansas, c2005.
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KF4920.U76 2005 |
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Contract Law |
John Edward Murray, Jr Murray On Contracts, 3rd ed., Charlottesville, Va. : Michie Co., c1990.
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KF801.M87 1990 |
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Corporate Law |
Topham And Ivamy's Company Law Principles Of Company Law, 16th ed., London : Butterworth, 1978.
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KD2079.T65 1978 |
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Entertainment Law |
Edited By Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, Martha Merrill Umphrey Law On The Screen, Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.
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PN1995.9.J8L42 2005 |
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Environmental Law |
Laura Westra Ecoviolence And The Law : Supranational Normative Foundations Of Ecocrime, Ardsley, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers, c2004.
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K5278.W47 2004 |
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European Union |
Joanna Goyder EU Distribution Law, 4th ed., Oxford : Hart Pub., c2005.
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KJE2079.G69 2005 |
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Edited By Geraint Howells, Andre Janssen, Reiner Schulze Information Rights And Obligations : A Challenge For Party Autonomy And Transactional Fairness, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2005.
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KJE1640.I54 2005 |
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Wouter P.J. Wils Principles Of European Antitrust Enforcement, Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2005.
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KJE6456.W55 2005 |
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Extradition |
Gary Botting Extradition Between Canada And The United States, Ardsley, NY : Transnational Publishers, c2005
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KDZ974.B68 2005 |
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Family Law |
Updated By Rachel Hadwen And Kate Pawling Child Support Handbook, 13th ed., London : Child Poverty Action Group, 2005.
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KD780.H33 2005 |
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Freight Law |
David Glass Freight Forwarding And Multi-Modal Transport Contracts, Richmond : LLP, 2004.
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HE5999.A3G6 2004 |
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International Law |
Bob Hepple Labour Laws And Global Trade, Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2005.
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K1705.H47 2005 |
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Judicial Process |
Nancy Scherer Scoring Points : Politicians, Activists, And The Lower Federal Court Appointment Process, Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.
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KF8776.S34 2005 |
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Juvenile Law |
Donald J. Shoemaker, Timothy W. Wolfe ; With The Assistance Of Danielle McDonald Juvenile Justice : A Reference Handbook, Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2005.
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HV9104.S448 2005 |
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Law and Policy |
Peter W. English, Bruce D. Sales More Than The Law : Behavioral And Social Facts In Legal Decision Making, Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2005.
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KF385.E54 2005 |
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Legal History |
Edited By Mark Tushnet Arguing Marbury V. Madison, Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, 2005.
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KF4575.A965 2005 |
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Michael P. Winship The Times And Trials Of Anne Hutchinson : Puritans Divided, Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2005.
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BX7148.M4W55 2005 |
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Maritime Law |
Tullio Scovazzi Elementi Di Diritto Internazionale Del Mare, 3. ed., Milano : Giuffre, 2002.
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KZA1145.S37 2002 |
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Kenneth W. Fisher, Editor ; Amanda Safirstein, Assistant Editor Maritime Product Liability, South Orange, N.J. : Fisher Maritime Transportation Counselors, 1979.
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K954.M4F57 1979 |
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By Louis Otis Van Doren The Law Of Shipment, New York : Baker, Voorhis, 1932.
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KF1104.V3 1932 |
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Money Laundering |
Consultant Editors, Andrew Clark, Peter Burrell A Practitioner's Guide To International Money Laundering Law And Regulation, Old Woking : City & Financial, c2003.
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K5223.P73 2003 |
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Nanotechnology |
Richard Booker And Earl Boysen Nanotechnology For Dummies, Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2005.
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T174.7.B66 2005 |
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Native American Law |
Steven Andrew Light & Kathryn R.L. Rand Indian Gaming & Tribal Sovereignty : The Casino Compromise, Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2005.
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E98.G18L54 2005 |
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Product Safety |
Harm Schepel The Constitution Of Private Governance : Product Standards In The Regulation Of Integrating Markets, Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2005.
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K3663.S34 2005 |
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Public Interest Law |
Edited By Austin Sarat, Stuart Scheingold The Worlds Cause Lawyers Make : Structure And Agency In Legal Practice, Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, 2005.
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K118.P82W67 2005 |
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Restorative Justice |
Edited By Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, Martha Merrill Umphrey The Limits Of Law, Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.
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K238.L56 2005 |
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Sports Law |
Editor, Lewis Kurlantzick Legal Issues In Professional Baseball. Bethesda : Academica Press, c2005.
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KF3989.A75L44 2005 |
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Tax Law |
Mattias Dahlberg Direct Taxation In Relation To The Freedom Of Establishment And The Free Movement Of Capital, The Hague : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Distributed in North America by Aspen Publishers, c2005.
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KJC7105.D34 2005 |
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Texas Law |
Committee On The History And Tradition Of The State Bar Of Texas ; Traylor Russell, Chairman Centennial History Of The Texas Bar, Centennial ed., Burnet, Tex. : Eakin Press, c1981.
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KFT332.T4S748 1981 |
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By Charles F. Herring, Jr. Texas Legal Malpractice & Lawyer Discipline : A Guide To The Liability And Discipline Of Texas Lawyers, 4th ed., Dallas, Tex. : American Lawyer Media, c2004.
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KFT1276.5.A2H47 2004 |
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Texas Legislative History & Administrative Agency Citation Guide. 1st ed., Lubbock, Tex. : School of Law, Texas Tech University, c1986.
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KFT245.T48 1986 |
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Urbanization |
Alan Rabinowitz Urban Economics And Land Use In America : The Transformation Of Cities In The Twentieth Century, Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2004.
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HT1230.R22 2004 |
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War Crimes |
O. Olusanya Sentencing War Crimes And Crimes Against Humanity Under The International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia, Groningen : Europa Law Pub., 2005.
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KZ1203.A12O454 2005 |
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Women's Rights |
Lorraine Dusky Still Unequal : The Shameful Truth About Women And Justice In America, 1st ed., New York : Crown Publishers, c1996.
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KF4758.D87 1996 |
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World Trade Organization |
Edited By Marco C.E.J. Bronckers And Gary N. Horlick WTO Jurisprudence And Policy : Practitioners' Perspectives, London : Cameron May, 2004.
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K4600.W76 2004 |
New Government Documents
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An overview of the Senate code of conduct and related laws / Select Committee on Ethics, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session.
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KF4982.U548 2005 |
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Providing for the establishment of a commission in the House of Representatives to assist parliaments in emerging democracies ; the 25th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands : markup before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, on H. Res. 642 and H. Con. Res. 410, June 17, 2004.
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KF27.I54916 2004j |
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Money laundering and foreign corruption : enforcement and effectiveness of the Patriot Act : supplemental staff report on U.S. accounts used by Augusto Pinochet / prepared by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate.
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KF26.G674 2005 |
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Recognizing the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day and Liberation of Western Bohemia; recognizing the 60th anniversary of VE Day during World War II; supporting the organizers and participants of the meeting of the Assembly to Promote the Civil Society in Cuba; calling on the government of Nigeria to transfer Charles Taylor to the Special Court for Sierra Leone; and observing the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Republic of Vietnam to the communist forces of North Vietnam : markup before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, on H. Res. 195, H. Res. 233, H. Res. 193, H. Con. Res. 127, and H. Res. 228, April 27, 2005.
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KF27.I54916 2005e |
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The Senate code of official conduct / Select Committee on Ethics, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session.
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KF4980.U547 2005 |